Shankar resumes shooting '2.o' at EVP city

South India's showman Shankar has resumed shooting his magnum opus ' 2.0' at a huge set erected at EVP city, outskirts of Chennai.

The director had put the plans on hold for Superstar Rajinikanth's routine medical checkup in US and as now, the actor is back in the city, the team has resumed the shoot. Sources say that Shankar will be canning crucial sequences with Rajinikanth and the film's baddie Akshay Kumar in this new schedule.

Nirav Shah is handling the cinematography for the film and AR Rahman is scoring the music. Amy Jackson's role in the film is said to have multiple shades and she is expected to join back the team in December.

Lyca Productions, producers of '2.0' are planning to release the film on January 2017.